{"id":324597,"date":"2025-11-20T12:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/?p=324597"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T08:26:52","slug":"decodable-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/2025\/11\/20\/decodable-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Decodable Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may be wondering what decodable readers are. Decodable readers are texts that mostly use words with phonics patterns that children have already learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These texts usually focus on one specific phonics concept, like the \u201csh\u201d digraph, and provide repeated exposures to words that use that concept, along with words containing previously learned skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decodable readers are also known as \u201ccontrolled texts\u201d because every word is carefully selected to ensure it can be sounded out (decoded) by the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These texts follow a scope and sequence where higher level concepts are not included until simpler skills are mastered. This helps children practice the skills they\u2019ve been taught in a meaningful and authentic way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While there may be some high-frequency or irregular words included to help the text flow and make sense, the main focus remains on practicing decoding skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of my favorite websites I like to recommend is called Half Pint Kids. They are perfect for early readers who are just starting to read. Kids enjoy them and give them a sense of accomplishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/halfpintkids.com\/online-materials\/\">Half Pint Kids Readers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may be wondering what decodable readers are. Decodable readers are texts that mostly use words with phonics patterns that children have already learned. These texts usually focus on one specific phonics concept, like the \u201csh\u201d digraph, and provide repeated exposures to words that use that concept, along with words containing previously learned skills. Decodable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[271,169,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eal","category-ecc","category-grade-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abisoman.com\/broadcaster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}